PT-2015-1892 · Apple · Os X

Adam Greenbaum · Published 2015-08-16 · Updated 2017-09-21 · CVE-2015-3794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption and application crash via a crafted Unicode string. This is caused by a buffer overflow in the Speech UI component.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.5, update to version 10.10.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling speech alerts until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11238

CVE-2015-3794

Affected Products

Os X

References · 6

• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11238 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3794 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033276 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76340 · Note